Ilaria Tabusso-Marcyan

Ilaria Tabusso-Marcyan is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Arizona State University's School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC), affiliated with Lincoln Center Applied Ethics. She joined ASU in 2022 after serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University. Her research focuses on food justice, environmental humanities, and Italian culture, with a book on Slow Food's cultural roots (Lexington Books, 2023). She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and Italian Studies from UC San Diego and an undergraduate degree from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza.'

Her academic work bridges Italian literature, film, and environmental activism, exploring topics like peasant resistance during WWII, bioregionalism, and decolonial futures. Notable publications include co-editing Contesting Extinctions (2021) and contributing to Italy and the Environmental Humanities (2018). Courses taught include Italian language, Mediterranean cultural studies, and special topics in environmental ethics.

Her research emphasizes food cultures as sites of socio-ecological resistance, with a focus on Slow Food's legacy and peasant contributions to post-war Italy. Current projects include interdisciplinary collaborations on transhumance and film's role in environmental advocacy.